DARE: Julian Assange Charged by Justice Department for Violations of 1917 Espionage Act
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DARE: Anita Hill, Bob Woodward Honored at Annual PEN America Gala
Truthtellers and the perseverance and bravery necessary to exercise—and defend—free expression take center stage at the PEN America 2019 Literary Gala... More
DARE: Freelance Reporter Wants Police to Return Seized Property
San Francisco Superior Court hears two motions on the confiscation of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody's electronics in a police raid widely condemned... More
DARE: Fighting Viral Hoaxes during the 2020 Election
Large-scale disinformation attacks on candidates set to be a feature of 2020 election. (See PEN America's report analyzing effect of disinformation and... More
When Free Speech is in the Job Description: A Conversation
“Hateful ideas have real power and we should fight them vigorously. At the same time, we don’t have to agree on everything to engage in dialogue.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Poet Brenda Shaughnessy
"Just like all politics are identity politics, and just like the personal is political—all poems are love poems, all poems are political poems." More
DARE: Startup Provides Insurance against Online Harassment
Startup company provides support for targets of online harassment through employee benefits for businesses to purchase. (See PEN America's resources and... More
Two Poems by Ariana Reines
Also / True was that I had not been fucked correctly // In what was starting to feel like a long / Time. I used the apps but did… More
Summer 2019 Executive Intern–L.A. Office
PEN America seeks a diligent, detail-oriented, and highly energetic intern to support the administration work of the Los Angeles office. Working closely with the Los Angeles staff, the executive… More
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Nancy Pelosi and Fakebook’s Dirty Tricks https://t.co/q7EpoRO3rT by @karaswisher
In Jim @Acosta's new book The Enemy of the People:
A “senior White House official” tells Acosta: “The president’s insane.”
A “former White House national security official” says staffers were not sure the president had not been “compromised” by Russia. https://t.co/34mtGf4e6C